Exhibitions

Ett politiskt klassrum av Apolonija Šušteršič

On until 31.12 2024

The subject is political, a concept that various thinkers understand and describe in very different ways. The political aspect of this classroom is negotiated, and seeks to bring awareness of our responsibility for the society we are continually forming together. Why not question the hegemonic system that’s in place, and think of alternatives that could serve us better? The Political Classroom can be a space for experimentation and trials of ideas, an arena for free thought and creativity that can engage everybody.

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Activities

Ongoing

Participating artists: Shamiran Adam, Lovisa Hed, Karin Holmberg, Helena Lagerqvist Kuoljok, Jenny Hillevi Larsson, Diana Lazare, Sandra Lundberg, Allis Matei, Linea Matei, Lotta Sjöberg och Mi Tjio

During Sthlm Craft Week, the members of the collective P.A.N.G show their works in the temporary exhibition Nålsöga at Tensta konsthall. The collective P.A.N.G. consists of twelve professional practitioners in art embroidery and textile art. The members have different backgrounds, education and experiences, but are united in the desire to give needle and thread an obvious place in both the art world and the public space. The group's vision is to be a dynamic network for professional practitioners in embroidery and textile arts.

The exhibition Nålsöga at Tensta konsthall 2—6 October
We work with the softest and the strongest, the hardest and most fragile. Thin threads and small stitches that create load-bearing structures. Through a needle's eye, we invite others to see each other and ourselves in textile images and forms. What do we share, what do we carry? Our common strength is needle and thread, everything else we discover together. To travel together, we need to gather around differences and celebrate them. Generations and cultures have overcome impossibilities. What can get through the eye of a needle?

Vernissage and Drop-in embroidery
3 October at 12.00—17.00
Peace. Love and understanding in collaboration with The Womens Café. Come and participate in creating a joint textile work together with us. Embroider freely based on the theme of peace, love and understanding.

The course is free! No prior knowledge is required.

Finissage and Drop-in embroidery
6 October at 12.00—17.00
A continuation of Thursday's drop-in: Peace, Love and Understanding in collaboration with The Womens Café. We believe that love, care, peace and understanding of each other's differences are more than needed. Come and join us on the last day of Sthlm Craft Week and take part in the temporary exhibition Nålsöga. Embroider freely, chat and help each other.

The course is free. No prior knowledge is required.

About Sthlm Craft Week
Stockholm Craft Week aims to make contemporary craft visible and strengthen its position on the contemporary art scene, both nationally and internationally. The steering group for the event consists of the Crafts Center, which is the project owner with operational responsibility, together with Svensk Form and Konsthantverkarna.
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Always on

Are you a teacher? Welcome with your class to guided tours of our current exhibitions. We offer introductions according to age, as well as workshops. Contact Anna-Stina Ulftström: anna-stina@tenstakonsthall.se
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Tuesdays and Thursdays, women from the Järva area meet at Tensta konsthall to work with different kinds of crafts. Through joint handiwork, a safe space is made possible where conversation and exchange of experience is at the center. The craftsmanship skills that women in the group already have is amplified up and reinforced by teachers from Hemslöjden and by the other participants. Participants also meet visiting artists and make monthly excursions to Stockholm’s various craft sites, museums, and organizations. Women’s Café is a intimate venue free of constraints, costs, and commercial interests. Muna Alyaqoobi and Asha Mohamed lead the Women's Café.
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Fridays and Sundays we welcome participants to our Language Café, open for those who want to practice their basics in Swedish and Arabic, as well as get to make new friends and share experiences and thoughts. The Language Café particularily welcomes those who, for some reason, stand outside the Swedish educational system. During the meetings, we practice grammar, socialize, read simple books and excersise conversation. We are continuously looking for new volunteers.

Are you interested in joining in?
Contact Fahyma Alnablsi: fahyma@tenstakonsthall.se

During the warm months, the Language Café moves out to our allotment, our outdoor classroom. The Language Café is a part of The Silent University, an autonomous educational platform for asylum seekers, refugees and paperless people initiated by the artist Ahmet Ögüt (www.thesilentuniversity.org)
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Our Art porch is open three days a week; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Come, and you will get the chance to try out multiple textile techniques and make new friends. You don’t need any previous crafting experience. The Art porch is led by pedagogues from Hemslöjden i Stockholms Län (The Stockholm County Crafting) in collaboration with the Women’s Café. We learn from each other. Every summer we chose a special technique or material. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 13—16.
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Citizen to citizen aims to create a meeting place for new arrivals who need support and knowledge about living in Sweden. An advisory activity that can deal with everything from authority contacts and language training, to mediating contact between people with a similar background. Based on the art gallery’s program, the group also meets in joint conversations about art and social issues. Under the direction of Fahyma Alnablsi. For registration and information contact fahyma@tenstakonsthall.se
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Medborgare till medborgare med Fahyma Alnablsi

FEINART - The Future of European Independent Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art The EU-funded project FEINART 2020-2024 includes an extensive collaboration between degree-awarding research centres in political philosophy, art theory and cultural management, and the independent European art sector. It provides the first interdisciplinary and holistic investigation of the democratic role and function of socially engaged art in Europe. 11 researchers are provided with relevant academic and non-academic skills to engage with the challenges of this new artistic and cultural landscape. The responsible universities are Wolverhampton University (UK), Zeppelin University (DE), Edinburgh University (UK) and Iceland University (IS). FEINART - The Future of Independant Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art is part of the European Union;s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant. Participating art organisations are Tensta konsthall (SE), The BAK (NL); State of Concept (GR); Vessel (IT); Tranzit.ro (RO)and Biennale Warsaw (PL).
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